To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed the entire object, paste this HTML in websiteTo link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed this page, paste this HTML in website

Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1917-12-14

Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1917-12-14 page 1

' CC3 WTS3 KXVM U to lata yon do not havs to wait tin tomorrow morn-lafa papers. Vol XXXI, No. 164 ITALIANS laiifs ARTILLERY PAVESHfAY FOR NEW t Drive from brenta to piave rivers-weather favors enesty Washington, Dec. 14 Artillery preparation for a stupendous attack by the Austro-Germans against the Italians from the Prenta to the Piave is being made today, according to official dispatches from the Italian front. v Operations by the Teutons against the Capo Silo bridge head which had for their object the penetration of the Venetian legume had some success. Counter atacks by the Italians drove the Austrians from the position they had gained. New attacks are expected against the bridge. The Germans and Austrians have the advantage of the weather. SAY INCOrIPETENTS MUST GO; PROBE OF CONGRESS TO SINK MUCH DEEPER Secretary of War Still Under Fire and a Merry Dispute Is On. ; Washington, Doc. 14 One more war Investigation won started today, when the house naval affairs com mittee appointed a sub-committee to ltl' '' .t:ri 'j:.''-n.'-i Kmr "rV"J,"1l4ha.h4r ; Inrfimtinn,. nf. i oil,.. navy departhw during the- ar.Vv " ' t. .to.,-. m,m BY JOHN EDWIN tfEVLV. , Washington, Dec. 14 Incompetent officials must be removed from office. This was the slogan in the capitol today. Senators and representatives united in the declaration regardless of party affiliations. There was a general disposition expressed on the part of the leaders of the, various Investigations to make tho probe3 now in progress most thorough. There was no disposition either to be unduly critical or to play politics. The congressional leaders, realizing that tho entire house membership and one third of the senate must faCJ the voters for re-ejection next fall, united, in declaring that congress at least would carry out its supervisory powers to the utmost limit. The leaders made it very plain, that, inasmuch as they h.d boon most liberal in their appropriations of money and power to the various departments of government, they intended seeing that the wir power of the nation was exerted to the utmost everywhere. It was plain from the talk of the Republican and Democratic loadeir. that they resented suggestion from certain officials that they were em-banassing the president with their probes. On the contrary they took the position that the president, was compelled to accept the word of his subordinates while it was up to the conjrefs to sec that these subordinates told the exact truth at all times. And all felt satisfied that incom-potency revealed will be remedied and the motive in uncovering it appreciated by the president. "The nation wants 100 rcr cert efficiency In war preparations of very nature." Mid Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the military affairs committee, "and it is our duty to see that it gets it All inecniDe-tent officials must and will- go no mslter whether they are in hish or low Ihcps". ' To'lay the Inve tlgition into the bureau of ordinance of the war department was continued ' behind rlosed dc.orr. white .mother senate comm!t:c began the task of rlsc'ne rspo')sihl'ity far the food and feel shortage. ?n;itoi& feel most kon!v the fuel shortage as they ar being besieged with appeal- from their home Mites to take action to get coal lest the people freeze to death. Stories of impending periou suf fering are reaching neatlv v.tv j rorthern senktor from his home state. Congress is surprised that condition as serteus as those revealed to ifceiBenat military affairs committee yesterday by Gen. ("rosier eouU have developed without. the knowledge of the nation. Senators wore outspoken in their denunciation of the censorship which has kept the Cleveland At midnight tonight Cleveland's J-cent street car fare will' h annrlled. Hereafterstrap-J.,-jcrj"nut py fnr cents. Woos i"iyinjjj"VTjrijifj Forces Improve amazing conditions In the war ' department '' secret. Now that the lid is torn 1cff, the investigators aro determined 'that the whole story or the conduct of the war shall be told Myriads of informers againet the war department have made their appearance and are pouring their representatives' reports into the ears OJ their senators. The war depnr of their senators. The war depart- meiwto pe aanea about ail or tneui thai bear hllity. Secretary of War Raker will, of course, be summoned before the committee shortly. Gen. Crozler has "passed the buck" for the machine gun shortage directly to the secretary and the committee is eag-er to hear Mr. Baker's answer. The quartermasters' cory. however, Is likely to go upon the grill next. Thero are shortages of blankets and overcoats, and deaths by pneumonia that the committee wants to have explained.the investigation behind closed doors today because Gen. Crozier fears that too much Information of military value will escape to the kaiser if the proceedings are thrown open to the public. Monnwhile. the senate maufactur-er? snb-committee, headed by Senator Reed, of Missouri, opened fire today on those responsible for the sugar and coal shortage. SEEKING NAMES OF ENGINEERS KILLEDBYHUNS BY XKWTOX C. PARKE With the American Forces In France, Dec. 14. Officers at field headquarters today were trying hard to get a list of the American engineers killed when German aviators bombarded a town behind theBrit-i-.ii lines throtlph which they were passing a few days ago. The only information received here stated that "several Americans" were killed. They were e'l members of an engineering unit which was being employed behind the British lines. An American lieutenant spending the i;5iht at &' village away from headquarters had a narrow crape a few days ago. German aviators bombarded the town and one bomb burst jut outside the door of the house the lieutenant was in. He v.as showered with broken glass, but uninjured. Cleveland Sinter Ignatious O'Kav-anr.ugh, a nun from a convent at Lordir.. ii here exhibiting lace saved from the Germans when they sacked the Belgian rify. Cleveland Wholesale and retail merchants appear today before the fede.al grand j'iry and will be questioned regarding alleged food profiteeringCleveland The humane" society today asked teamsters to guard against putting cold bits in the niou'.bs cf their horses. TERDAIWREPUBL FACE BIG WAR ORDER WILL CAUSE ALLIANCE BOOM Allianee, Dec. 14 Wai work will add 2,000 skilled workers to Alliance. The Morgan Engineering Co. has been awarded a collossal order for gun carriages and that firm's plar.t here will be expanded at once at great cost. Nine buildings are to be completed by April 1, six of them beinrf machine shops. Railroad tracks wi'l he laid within the plant to accommodate 1,000 cars a month. If sufficient houses are furnished, the plant will be doubled within a yar. providing employment for 4,-000 men. This will mean the greatest boom this city has ever had. One hundred and fifty draftsmen a'e at work on plans and specifications. If everything works out as planned, cannon also will be made. TOLD NOT TO WORRY ABOUT "OBLIGATIONS" Camp Sherman, O., Dec. 14 Officers and men in the national army here were Instructed today by an ordersfrom Washington to cease w orrying about "obligations assumed, transactions occurring, or domestic or personal controversies arising,'1 prior to entry into the United States service. They also were advised not to' worry about any matters of like nature arising after entry into military service, unless the facts presented bring them within provisions of the articles of war. z Further "Hooveriziug" was ordered today. To rave gasoline and oil, motors of trucks and automobiles must be shut off when not running; only such coal fires-as are nec essary will be kept burning; waste lumber will be saved. TONS OF MATTER ISSEIZEDBY AGENTS OF U. S. Cleveland, Dec. 14 Tons of in- llemruatory posters dodgers, post I cards and other printed matter were in the hands of federal authorities here today, following a raid last night on I. W. W. headquarters here. Seven men, said to be leaders ot I. W. W. activity throughout the nation were arrested aud will be interned, according to the district attorney.Department of justice officials asserted the arrest of the men and sofmre of supplies would go a Ion way toward quelling I. W. W. aetvi-ties throughout the United States for the reason that a majority of the offenders, were receiving orders and supplies from the Cleveland office. Cleveland "The fleet" of trucks with which the government is conducting an experiment of Hie practicability of automobile transportation to the seaboard will reach Cleveland Sunday. It starts from Detroit today. COAL FAMINE IS . AD IN NEW YORK New York, Doc 14- New York's threatened coal famine became more acute today with the presence of four inches of heavy, clinging snow. . All traffic is seriously affected Coal deliveries are an impossibility until the army of 10,000 snow shov-elers has cleared the streets and 'racks. The snowfall, which began shortly after dark las-t night, ended ibruptly at ?, this morning with the arrival of a t-trong and cold wind from the north which blew across the citv. From the entire Atlantic coa-1 the torm i working hardships. Ship-pins movements are deemed hazardous and are being made on!y in ex-reme necessities. Railroads are peratin? on broken schedutes just -erovering from a bad storm a few lays ago. The heavy storm has created nuch damage on telegraph and U1-pbone wires. New York's lighting nd fire system also Is badlydam-jcd. WOOSTER, OHIO FRIDAY, DEC, lif-1917 IIGNEW Bull. RUSS BATTLE INDE0SIVE, IS LATEST REPORT . .Copenhagen, Dec,.' 11 Whether the Bolshevik! Of the forces of Generals Korniloff atuf Kalecllncs were successful in the recent battle Is a pucstlon still In doubt. Reports from retrogratl are so conflicting that thw are Indications that neither faction agnlned the upper hand. A battle has occurred near Bielgo-rod. In Southern ;, Russia, between Bolsheviki forces and troops under General KornilotT. . The Petrograd correspondent of the Daily Mail reports.that General Korniloff was defeated and wounded and that his capture was to be expected. A dispatch from the representative cf the Post, however, denleR the reported Bolsheviki victory, saying General Korniloff has routed nis opponents and win oon join General Kaledines at Novo Tcherkask. " . The Post correspondent, who received his information from an un-n.tincd source, sends a detailed description of the battle. He savs General Korniloff had about 3,000 neu, making up what, is known as the "wild division'. -of .Cavaliers of St. George, "battalions of death," and some artillery.. When the Bolsheviki troops were encountered, General Korniloff divided hl3 army and ient one part forward by train. This was soon followed up by the Bolsheviki, who promptly trumpeted a great victory. General Korniloff, however, in the meantime maneuvered his main force near the Bolsheviki and attacked with artillery, f Some of the opponents fled and other surrendered jc&yjpjMd,, yct R"d" Guard section, of the Kornllofl army. The remaining . Bolsheviki wer surrounded and dealt with very drastically. No military force in Russia has n-.uch sympathy for these mercenaries, the correspondent, adds. Half a dozen generals who escaped with General Korniloff are raid to have reached their destination in the Caucasus. Fierce fighting was still Inpro-g:-ss near Blelgorod cn Wednesday, Heuter'n i'etroggrad correspondent reports in a dispatch filed that clay. Both sides were losing heavily, it was said. General Kaledines is besieging Rostov-on-t he-Don, according to a wireless message sent from the city by way of Sebastopol, Reuter's correspondent also reports. Fighting was In progress near Nakhitrhevnn, in the vicinity of Rostov, where a river transport was firing on Cossack cavalry arriving from Novo Tcherkask. The Maximalis'.s were ah;o supported by guns of de- tachment from the Black Sea flee!. Berlin, Dec. 13 Negotiations for nr. armistice to replace the existing true? en the Russian front will b-gin todny at the headquarters of Prince Leopold of Bavaria, the German general staff announced today. The Rumanian army has agreed to rmil!i inactive as long as Inactivity prevails on the part of the Russian army along the remainder oi the front, according to a message sont by the Maximalist commission' r at Jassy, received today. BAKER SAYS WORK IS GOING AT FULL SPEED Cleveland. Dec. 14 Word received here today was to the effect that Secretary Baker will .assume all responsibility for war preparations and delay in equipping troops of the national army. Testifying yesterday Maj. Gen. Crozier, chief of onilnar.'o before the military affairs committee, put responsibility for delay in furnishing equipment squarely up to the secretary. "I am willing to take full responsibility for everything that has been done," the secretary is quoted an saying, "but there is no need fo. defense. The full capacity of this country for manufacture of machine guns has been placed under contract. The war department is utilizing the entire edacity of every machine gun plant In the country. Columbus Believing It unpatriotic to try to sell luxuries in wartime, John Soo Arhn, Is selling out his art store. Cnmp Shrrmrn Claud Bragean, Rochester architect. Is planning the Christmas electric lighting scheme for the Red Cross community building.Cincinnati Woe unto the free ' lunch In saloons! The county food i committe has decreed free lunches . ed safely and unhurt to their home I pledge cards signed by the Cincln-must be abolished oy January first. I bases," naU housewives total 74,500. ecoHrt A BRIGHT SPOT IN THE DAY'S NEWS 'Tis a great auto-horn that wiil warn its master when in dire distiess. But Frank Shilling, of Cin- cinnati, owns such a horn. - The other night Shilling was aroused from sleep by a familiar sound. 'Twas his auto-horn calling him. He hurrried right out to the garage. He found a brisk blaze, while the horn rontUHied US cries for succor. -'- i . tV ; A small oil stove had exploded, causing insulation to burn off the wires controlling the horn. The exposed wires, touching each other, set the horn tooting. TRADING.IN CORN - AND OATS STOPPED Toledo, Dec. 14 Trading in corn and oats has been discontinued by order of Federal authorities, today. Traders expressed the opinion that all trading would be discontinued for the remainder of the war. A SUB CHASER ISSUNKTODAY JAXOLLISION Waslngton, Pec. 14 The sinking of a small submarine chawr in collision with another vewwell, on the Atlantic coast was announced hf tho uavul department this flftcnuxtfi. The olficer, the cicw and ninny of the supplies were saved 3000 DRAFTED MEN TO GO TO CAMP SHERMAN Camp Sherman, Dec. 14 Over 3,7 000 men of the last increment of the first draft will arrive at Camp Sherman Saturday and Sunday JThe other 3,000 wljl not be called now, being placed in the questionnaire ut the top of the first class. W.II.L WAV AUSTRIANS. j Washington, Dec. 14 Austro- HuTigarlans givinc good service in the armv will receive full rights of citlz'-rs immediately. This was one of the points the sub committee on foreign iffairs agreed upon tills moi'iing. KIM.KM ISV A ( mh;nt Wilmington. Dec 14 One man wns killed and five injured In an explosion in nn explosion in the acid department of the Dupont powder works this morning. Win. Crowe of N"W3rk war burned to death. TWO AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIPS ARE TORPEDOED New York, Dec. 14 The torpeod-ing of two Austrian battleships In the haihc;r of Trieste by Italbn torpedo craft" on the night of December 9 is reported in a message received here by Commander C. Blister of the Italian Navy. The Information was contained in a telegram received by Commander Pfister from Capt. I.. Vannutelll, the Naval Attache of the Italian Kmbassy at Washington. "AftT successfully crossing several obstructions and mine fields." the dispatch said, the Italian torpedo craft "entered the harbor of Trieste, where they fired four torpedoes against two Austrianmen-of-war of the Monarch type. All the torpedoes reached their targtes and exploded. "Though the most Intense artillery fire was concentrated against the attacking torpedo boats and though even torpedoes were fired against them, all of our units return- ICAN "" .......... - i-irririnirnfuvwuvLiuu 'Fositloiifj 1 - ; r Ti ' HAIG DENIES GERMAN CLAIM OF VERY HEAVY BRITISH LOSSES Berlin, Dec. 14 Heavy losses by the BritisK in their efforts to capture jtrenches- near : Bulled! court;are claimed by the German war office. : London, Dec. 14 The British improved theii? ; positions near Bullecourt by bomb fighting during the night, Field Marshal Hais: reported to tho' war office today. The dispatch added that a few isriusn troops are missing assault on the enemv nsf vv,uw GARFIELD TO BE IGNORED BY THE GOV. IN DISPUTE Columbus, Dec. 14. With Harry A. Garfield, national fuel administrator at Washington insisting on Gov. Cox not to meddle In the coal muddle, and Gov. Cox Ignoring Garfield, these facts stood out' In the Ohio coal situation today: 1. Ohio communities soon will have "lake coal" which has been seized on railroad sidings and re-conslgned to county coal committees for distrtbuUonjV' - ' .... ni.-Uthe price "Which' Ohidani must pay for this selred fuel has not been determined. Federal officials insist the price paid must be. that provided lu contracts for the northwest trade, which Is $1.10 a ton more than government prices atjhe mines. 3. Governor Cox determined to deal only with President Wilson on big issues. 4. Representatives of the coal operators are busy reconslgning "lake coal" to Michigan and other points to provent seizure. It Is es timated that not more than 500 cars or iane coal remain in onio on tracks. Governor Cox was said to be pre paring charges which he will for ward President Wilson today, asking for removal of P. C. Balrd, head of the operators' lake pool, which the governor charges, is a combination to force higher prices from Ohio consumers. Clnclnnati, Dec 14. P. C. Baird head of the operators' coal pool who has been in this district attempting to clear up congestion of 12,000 cars of coal consigned to the north west, said he'd present Gov. Cox with an iron cross, if Cox was aide to force him out. WAR NOT TO STOP THE BIG HIGHWAYS ( oiunimis, Dec.. 1 4 --Work on, im portant highways will not stop be cause of the w;ir. This was the word brought back from the c-onferenee-of the American Association of State Highway Officers at RichmcuuL Va., by Clinton 'owen, state highway commissioner, and W. W. Alsdorf, secretary of the Ohio Good Roads' Federation. They announced there was prospect for modification of the priority order which forbids u;;e of open top equipment railway cars for transportation of highway material. By April first this order will be set aside and a preference rating in some order given highway material, they were Informed. Only those highways whose completion will join up with other systems for national military or commercial, use and be of benefit In movliig of agricultural and Industrial products will get the benefit of this prefeienre on shipment of rond materials. Thus, pleasure boule vards will take a bark place. With lhe government now using more than 50 percent of the railway transportation facilities and likely in the near future to use 75 per cent the necessity of highway maintenance is admitted on all sides. Cincinnati . Food conservation Fair, continued c 1to-night except 'snow Hri , near lake j Erie, rSat: ' . "fair,, not so cold in S.- V. " ' - ' as the result of a heavy nf V. A t VililUlVl k - Canadian Army Headquartert fa Prance, Dec. 14.The past few dayt", have been marked by increased act " Ivity along the Canadian frcSlit, cufr" mlnating in German raids in tomt strength in a sector where not fewer than three enemy parties uniuo cessful endeavored to penetrate-Canadian trenches. While the enemy Indulges In oe casioual raids, Canadian patrol dominate No Man's Land, penetrating the enemy's wire and fre quently his trenches. One trench, penetrated by th.e Canadian patrol was found to be occupied by noth ing more than 70 dummies. Voting; in connection with next week's Canadian elections Is taking placa undet fire ana wit impatsa s posters; contrasting : atrMeUt Jrt!i tha signs o war devastation.. In fantry cast their ballots in tempor ary booths in the front line trenches, and gunners vote while they han dle their field pieces. Interest l keen, as the men have been reading British journals containing accounts of the issues at stake at home. London, Dec. 14. An official wa office statement regarding tha situation in the Bullecourt Queant re gion, where the Germans on Tuesday made a desperate effort to break through the British lines, but without success, says: "Parties of the enemy penetrated our obliterated trenches at the apex of the angle in our lines. A few Germans who reached our trenches at other points were killed or taked ; prisoners. Local fighting continued all day and until late in the eTtn- ing in a small portion of a trenui in which the enemy had obtained tL footing, but without change in th situation "A hostile raiding party was repulsed last night southwest of La Basses,-. We inflicted casualties oil the enemy and secured a few prisoners as a result of patrol encounters east of Zonnebeke." "On Tuesday night a bombing raid was made by naval aircraft on tha Bruges docks," says an Admiralty announcement today. "Thevisiblll-ty was bad, with low-lying clouds. One of our machines is missing. "The usual patrols were carried out. One enemy aircraft, driven down out of control, was observed to crash to the earth." CHICAGO BEING SEARCHED FOR BANK BANDITS Chicago, Dec. 14 Every arallablo detective and policeman in Chicago today is searching for the youthful bandit who robbed the Lagrange state bank. A careful audit of the bank's cash resulted in the announcement early today that the bandits obtained 146,630, the largest bank loot obtained in the middle west in years. The money taken, it was announced, consisted of $14,000 in rold $29,000 In currency and more than $3,000 in silver. The money ob tained weighed more than 200 pounds. Officers directing the hunt for the bandits believe they are hiding in Chicago. Fifteen nif n believed to be' mem-Several men are said to have con- fesccd. l. l'V. U I v T

' CC3 WTS3 KXVM U to lata yon do not havs to wait tin tomorrow morn-lafa papers. Vol XXXI, No. 164 ITALIANS laiifs ARTILLERY PAVESHfAY FOR NEW t Drive from brenta to piave rivers-weather favors enesty Washington, Dec. 14 Artillery preparation for a stupendous attack by the Austro-Germans against the Italians from the Prenta to the Piave is being made today, according to official dispatches from the Italian front. v Operations by the Teutons against the Capo Silo bridge head which had for their object the penetration of the Venetian legume had some success. Counter atacks by the Italians drove the Austrians from the position they had gained. New attacks are expected against the bridge. The Germans and Austrians have the advantage of the weather. SAY INCOrIPETENTS MUST GO; PROBE OF CONGRESS TO SINK MUCH DEEPER Secretary of War Still Under Fire and a Merry Dispute Is On. ; Washington, Doc. 14 One more war Investigation won started today, when the house naval affairs com mittee appointed a sub-committee to ltl' '' .t:ri 'j:.''-n.'-i Kmr "rV"J,"1l4ha.h4r ; Inrfimtinn,. nf. i oil,.. navy departhw during the- ar.Vv " ' t. .to.,-. m,m BY JOHN EDWIN tfEVLV. , Washington, Dec. 14 Incompetent officials must be removed from office. This was the slogan in the capitol today. Senators and representatives united in the declaration regardless of party affiliations. There was a general disposition expressed on the part of the leaders of the, various Investigations to make tho probe3 now in progress most thorough. There was no disposition either to be unduly critical or to play politics. The congressional leaders, realizing that tho entire house membership and one third of the senate must faCJ the voters for re-ejection next fall, united, in declaring that congress at least would carry out its supervisory powers to the utmost limit. The leaders made it very plain, that, inasmuch as they h.d boon most liberal in their appropriations of money and power to the various departments of government, they intended seeing that the wir power of the nation was exerted to the utmost everywhere. It was plain from the talk of the Republican and Democratic loadeir. that they resented suggestion from certain officials that they were em-banassing the president with their probes. On the contrary they took the position that the president, was compelled to accept the word of his subordinates while it was up to the conjrefs to sec that these subordinates told the exact truth at all times. And all felt satisfied that incom-potency revealed will be remedied and the motive in uncovering it appreciated by the president. "The nation wants 100 rcr cert efficiency In war preparations of very nature." Mid Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the military affairs committee, "and it is our duty to see that it gets it All inecniDe-tent officials must and will- go no mslter whether they are in hish or low Ihcps". ' To'lay the Inve tlgition into the bureau of ordinance of the war department was continued ' behind rlosed dc.orr. white .mother senate comm!t:c began the task of rlsc'ne rspo')sihl'ity far the food and feel shortage. ?n;itoi& feel most kon!v the fuel shortage as they ar being besieged with appeal- from their home Mites to take action to get coal lest the people freeze to death. Stories of impending periou suf fering are reaching neatlv v.tv j rorthern senktor from his home state. Congress is surprised that condition as serteus as those revealed to ifceiBenat military affairs committee yesterday by Gen. ("rosier eouU have developed without. the knowledge of the nation. Senators wore outspoken in their denunciation of the censorship which has kept the Cleveland At midnight tonight Cleveland's J-cent street car fare will' h annrlled. Hereafterstrap-J.,-jcrj"nut py fnr cents. Woos i"iyinjjj"VTjrijifj Forces Improve amazing conditions In the war ' department '' secret. Now that the lid is torn 1cff, the investigators aro determined 'that the whole story or the conduct of the war shall be told Myriads of informers againet the war department have made their appearance and are pouring their representatives' reports into the ears OJ their senators. The war depnr of their senators. The war depart- meiwto pe aanea about ail or tneui thai bear hllity. Secretary of War Raker will, of course, be summoned before the committee shortly. Gen. Crozler has "passed the buck" for the machine gun shortage directly to the secretary and the committee is eag-er to hear Mr. Baker's answer. The quartermasters' cory. however, Is likely to go upon the grill next. Thero are shortages of blankets and overcoats, and deaths by pneumonia that the committee wants to have explained.the investigation behind closed doors today because Gen. Crozier fears that too much Information of military value will escape to the kaiser if the proceedings are thrown open to the public. Monnwhile. the senate maufactur-er? snb-committee, headed by Senator Reed, of Missouri, opened fire today on those responsible for the sugar and coal shortage. SEEKING NAMES OF ENGINEERS KILLEDBYHUNS BY XKWTOX C. PARKE With the American Forces In France, Dec. 14. Officers at field headquarters today were trying hard to get a list of the American engineers killed when German aviators bombarded a town behind theBrit-i-.ii lines throtlph which they were passing a few days ago. The only information received here stated that "several Americans" were killed. They were e'l members of an engineering unit which was being employed behind the British lines. An American lieutenant spending the i;5iht at &' village away from headquarters had a narrow crape a few days ago. German aviators bombarded the town and one bomb burst jut outside the door of the house the lieutenant was in. He v.as showered with broken glass, but uninjured. Cleveland Sinter Ignatious O'Kav-anr.ugh, a nun from a convent at Lordir.. ii here exhibiting lace saved from the Germans when they sacked the Belgian rify. Cleveland Wholesale and retail merchants appear today before the fede.al grand j'iry and will be questioned regarding alleged food profiteeringCleveland The humane" society today asked teamsters to guard against putting cold bits in the niou'.bs cf their horses. TERDAIWREPUBL FACE BIG WAR ORDER WILL CAUSE ALLIANCE BOOM Allianee, Dec. 14 Wai work will add 2,000 skilled workers to Alliance. The Morgan Engineering Co. has been awarded a collossal order for gun carriages and that firm's plar.t here will be expanded at once at great cost. Nine buildings are to be completed by April 1, six of them beinrf machine shops. Railroad tracks wi'l he laid within the plant to accommodate 1,000 cars a month. If sufficient houses are furnished, the plant will be doubled within a yar. providing employment for 4,-000 men. This will mean the greatest boom this city has ever had. One hundred and fifty draftsmen a'e at work on plans and specifications. If everything works out as planned, cannon also will be made. TOLD NOT TO WORRY ABOUT "OBLIGATIONS" Camp Sherman, O., Dec. 14 Officers and men in the national army here were Instructed today by an ordersfrom Washington to cease w orrying about "obligations assumed, transactions occurring, or domestic or personal controversies arising,'1 prior to entry into the United States service. They also were advised not to' worry about any matters of like nature arising after entry into military service, unless the facts presented bring them within provisions of the articles of war. z Further "Hooveriziug" was ordered today. To rave gasoline and oil, motors of trucks and automobiles must be shut off when not running; only such coal fires-as are nec essary will be kept burning; waste lumber will be saved. TONS OF MATTER ISSEIZEDBY AGENTS OF U. S. Cleveland, Dec. 14 Tons of in- llemruatory posters dodgers, post I cards and other printed matter were in the hands of federal authorities here today, following a raid last night on I. W. W. headquarters here. Seven men, said to be leaders ot I. W. W. activity throughout the nation were arrested aud will be interned, according to the district attorney.Department of justice officials asserted the arrest of the men and sofmre of supplies would go a Ion way toward quelling I. W. W. aetvi-ties throughout the United States for the reason that a majority of the offenders, were receiving orders and supplies from the Cleveland office. Cleveland "The fleet" of trucks with which the government is conducting an experiment of Hie practicability of automobile transportation to the seaboard will reach Cleveland Sunday. It starts from Detroit today. COAL FAMINE IS . AD IN NEW YORK New York, Doc 14- New York's threatened coal famine became more acute today with the presence of four inches of heavy, clinging snow. . All traffic is seriously affected Coal deliveries are an impossibility until the army of 10,000 snow shov-elers has cleared the streets and 'racks. The snowfall, which began shortly after dark las-t night, ended ibruptly at ?, this morning with the arrival of a t-trong and cold wind from the north which blew across the citv. From the entire Atlantic coa-1 the torm i working hardships. Ship-pins movements are deemed hazardous and are being made on!y in ex-reme necessities. Railroads are peratin? on broken schedutes just -erovering from a bad storm a few lays ago. The heavy storm has created nuch damage on telegraph and U1-pbone wires. New York's lighting nd fire system also Is badlydam-jcd. WOOSTER, OHIO FRIDAY, DEC, lif-1917 IIGNEW Bull. RUSS BATTLE INDE0SIVE, IS LATEST REPORT . .Copenhagen, Dec,.' 11 Whether the Bolshevik! Of the forces of Generals Korniloff atuf Kalecllncs were successful in the recent battle Is a pucstlon still In doubt. Reports from retrogratl are so conflicting that thw are Indications that neither faction agnlned the upper hand. A battle has occurred near Bielgo-rod. In Southern ;, Russia, between Bolsheviki forces and troops under General KornilotT. . The Petrograd correspondent of the Daily Mail reports.that General Korniloff was defeated and wounded and that his capture was to be expected. A dispatch from the representative cf the Post, however, denleR the reported Bolsheviki victory, saying General Korniloff has routed nis opponents and win oon join General Kaledines at Novo Tcherkask. " . The Post correspondent, who received his information from an un-n.tincd source, sends a detailed description of the battle. He savs General Korniloff had about 3,000 neu, making up what, is known as the "wild division'. -of .Cavaliers of St. George, "battalions of death," and some artillery.. When the Bolsheviki troops were encountered, General Korniloff divided hl3 army and ient one part forward by train. This was soon followed up by the Bolsheviki, who promptly trumpeted a great victory. General Korniloff, however, in the meantime maneuvered his main force near the Bolsheviki and attacked with artillery, f Some of the opponents fled and other surrendered jc&yjpjMd,, yct R"d" Guard section, of the Kornllofl army. The remaining . Bolsheviki wer surrounded and dealt with very drastically. No military force in Russia has n-.uch sympathy for these mercenaries, the correspondent, adds. Half a dozen generals who escaped with General Korniloff are raid to have reached their destination in the Caucasus. Fierce fighting was still Inpro-g:-ss near Blelgorod cn Wednesday, Heuter'n i'etroggrad correspondent reports in a dispatch filed that clay. Both sides were losing heavily, it was said. General Kaledines is besieging Rostov-on-t he-Don, according to a wireless message sent from the city by way of Sebastopol, Reuter's correspondent also reports. Fighting was In progress near Nakhitrhevnn, in the vicinity of Rostov, where a river transport was firing on Cossack cavalry arriving from Novo Tcherkask. The Maximalis'.s were ah;o supported by guns of de- tachment from the Black Sea flee!. Berlin, Dec. 13 Negotiations for nr. armistice to replace the existing true? en the Russian front will b-gin todny at the headquarters of Prince Leopold of Bavaria, the German general staff announced today. The Rumanian army has agreed to rmil!i inactive as long as Inactivity prevails on the part of the Russian army along the remainder oi the front, according to a message sont by the Maximalist commission' r at Jassy, received today. BAKER SAYS WORK IS GOING AT FULL SPEED Cleveland. Dec. 14 Word received here today was to the effect that Secretary Baker will .assume all responsibility for war preparations and delay in equipping troops of the national army. Testifying yesterday Maj. Gen. Crozier, chief of onilnar.'o before the military affairs committee, put responsibility for delay in furnishing equipment squarely up to the secretary. "I am willing to take full responsibility for everything that has been done," the secretary is quoted an saying, "but there is no need fo. defense. The full capacity of this country for manufacture of machine guns has been placed under contract. The war department is utilizing the entire edacity of every machine gun plant In the country. Columbus Believing It unpatriotic to try to sell luxuries in wartime, John Soo Arhn, Is selling out his art store. Cnmp Shrrmrn Claud Bragean, Rochester architect. Is planning the Christmas electric lighting scheme for the Red Cross community building.Cincinnati Woe unto the free ' lunch In saloons! The county food i committe has decreed free lunches . ed safely and unhurt to their home I pledge cards signed by the Cincln-must be abolished oy January first. I bases," naU housewives total 74,500. ecoHrt A BRIGHT SPOT IN THE DAY'S NEWS 'Tis a great auto-horn that wiil warn its master when in dire distiess. But Frank Shilling, of Cin- cinnati, owns such a horn. - The other night Shilling was aroused from sleep by a familiar sound. 'Twas his auto-horn calling him. He hurrried right out to the garage. He found a brisk blaze, while the horn rontUHied US cries for succor. -'- i . tV ; A small oil stove had exploded, causing insulation to burn off the wires controlling the horn. The exposed wires, touching each other, set the horn tooting. TRADING.IN CORN - AND OATS STOPPED Toledo, Dec. 14 Trading in corn and oats has been discontinued by order of Federal authorities, today. Traders expressed the opinion that all trading would be discontinued for the remainder of the war. A SUB CHASER ISSUNKTODAY JAXOLLISION Waslngton, Pec. 14 The sinking of a small submarine chawr in collision with another vewwell, on the Atlantic coast was announced hf tho uavul department this flftcnuxtfi. The olficer, the cicw and ninny of the supplies were saved 3000 DRAFTED MEN TO GO TO CAMP SHERMAN Camp Sherman, Dec. 14 Over 3,7 000 men of the last increment of the first draft will arrive at Camp Sherman Saturday and Sunday JThe other 3,000 wljl not be called now, being placed in the questionnaire ut the top of the first class. W.II.L WAV AUSTRIANS. j Washington, Dec. 14 Austro- HuTigarlans givinc good service in the armv will receive full rights of citlz'-rs immediately. This was one of the points the sub committee on foreign iffairs agreed upon tills moi'iing. KIM.KM ISV A ( mh;nt Wilmington. Dec 14 One man wns killed and five injured In an explosion in nn explosion in the acid department of the Dupont powder works this morning. Win. Crowe of N"W3rk war burned to death. TWO AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIPS ARE TORPEDOED New York, Dec. 14 The torpeod-ing of two Austrian battleships In the haihc;r of Trieste by Italbn torpedo craft" on the night of December 9 is reported in a message received here by Commander C. Blister of the Italian Navy. The Information was contained in a telegram received by Commander Pfister from Capt. I.. Vannutelll, the Naval Attache of the Italian Kmbassy at Washington. "AftT successfully crossing several obstructions and mine fields." the dispatch said, the Italian torpedo craft "entered the harbor of Trieste, where they fired four torpedoes against two Austrianmen-of-war of the Monarch type. All the torpedoes reached their targtes and exploded. "Though the most Intense artillery fire was concentrated against the attacking torpedo boats and though even torpedoes were fired against them, all of our units return- ICAN "" .......... - i-irririnirnfuvwuvLiuu 'Fositloiifj 1 - ; r Ti ' HAIG DENIES GERMAN CLAIM OF VERY HEAVY BRITISH LOSSES Berlin, Dec. 14 Heavy losses by the BritisK in their efforts to capture jtrenches- near : Bulled! court;are claimed by the German war office. : London, Dec. 14 The British improved theii? ; positions near Bullecourt by bomb fighting during the night, Field Marshal Hais: reported to tho' war office today. The dispatch added that a few isriusn troops are missing assault on the enemv nsf vv,uw GARFIELD TO BE IGNORED BY THE GOV. IN DISPUTE Columbus, Dec. 14. With Harry A. Garfield, national fuel administrator at Washington insisting on Gov. Cox not to meddle In the coal muddle, and Gov. Cox Ignoring Garfield, these facts stood out' In the Ohio coal situation today: 1. Ohio communities soon will have "lake coal" which has been seized on railroad sidings and re-conslgned to county coal committees for distrtbuUonjV' - ' .... ni.-Uthe price "Which' Ohidani must pay for this selred fuel has not been determined. Federal officials insist the price paid must be. that provided lu contracts for the northwest trade, which Is $1.10 a ton more than government prices atjhe mines. 3. Governor Cox determined to deal only with President Wilson on big issues. 4. Representatives of the coal operators are busy reconslgning "lake coal" to Michigan and other points to provent seizure. It Is es timated that not more than 500 cars or iane coal remain in onio on tracks. Governor Cox was said to be pre paring charges which he will for ward President Wilson today, asking for removal of P. C. Balrd, head of the operators' lake pool, which the governor charges, is a combination to force higher prices from Ohio consumers. Clnclnnati, Dec 14. P. C. Baird head of the operators' coal pool who has been in this district attempting to clear up congestion of 12,000 cars of coal consigned to the north west, said he'd present Gov. Cox with an iron cross, if Cox was aide to force him out. WAR NOT TO STOP THE BIG HIGHWAYS ( oiunimis, Dec.. 1 4 --Work on, im portant highways will not stop be cause of the w;ir. This was the word brought back from the c-onferenee-of the American Association of State Highway Officers at RichmcuuL Va., by Clinton 'owen, state highway commissioner, and W. W. Alsdorf, secretary of the Ohio Good Roads' Federation. They announced there was prospect for modification of the priority order which forbids u;;e of open top equipment railway cars for transportation of highway material. By April first this order will be set aside and a preference rating in some order given highway material, they were Informed. Only those highways whose completion will join up with other systems for national military or commercial, use and be of benefit In movliig of agricultural and Industrial products will get the benefit of this prefeienre on shipment of rond materials. Thus, pleasure boule vards will take a bark place. With lhe government now using more than 50 percent of the railway transportation facilities and likely in the near future to use 75 per cent the necessity of highway maintenance is admitted on all sides. Cincinnati . Food conservation Fair, continued c 1to-night except 'snow Hri , near lake j Erie, rSat: ' . "fair,, not so cold in S.- V. " ' - ' as the result of a heavy nf V. A t VililUlVl k - Canadian Army Headquartert fa Prance, Dec. 14.The past few dayt", have been marked by increased act " Ivity along the Canadian frcSlit, cufr" mlnating in German raids in tomt strength in a sector where not fewer than three enemy parties uniuo cessful endeavored to penetrate-Canadian trenches. While the enemy Indulges In oe casioual raids, Canadian patrol dominate No Man's Land, penetrating the enemy's wire and fre quently his trenches. One trench, penetrated by th.e Canadian patrol was found to be occupied by noth ing more than 70 dummies. Voting; in connection with next week's Canadian elections Is taking placa undet fire ana wit impatsa s posters; contrasting : atrMeUt Jrt!i tha signs o war devastation.. In fantry cast their ballots in tempor ary booths in the front line trenches, and gunners vote while they han dle their field pieces. Interest l keen, as the men have been reading British journals containing accounts of the issues at stake at home. London, Dec. 14. An official wa office statement regarding tha situation in the Bullecourt Queant re gion, where the Germans on Tuesday made a desperate effort to break through the British lines, but without success, says: "Parties of the enemy penetrated our obliterated trenches at the apex of the angle in our lines. A few Germans who reached our trenches at other points were killed or taked ; prisoners. Local fighting continued all day and until late in the eTtn- ing in a small portion of a trenui in which the enemy had obtained tL footing, but without change in th situation "A hostile raiding party was repulsed last night southwest of La Basses,-. We inflicted casualties oil the enemy and secured a few prisoners as a result of patrol encounters east of Zonnebeke." "On Tuesday night a bombing raid was made by naval aircraft on tha Bruges docks," says an Admiralty announcement today. "Thevisiblll-ty was bad, with low-lying clouds. One of our machines is missing. "The usual patrols were carried out. One enemy aircraft, driven down out of control, was observed to crash to the earth." CHICAGO BEING SEARCHED FOR BANK BANDITS Chicago, Dec. 14 Every arallablo detective and policeman in Chicago today is searching for the youthful bandit who robbed the Lagrange state bank. A careful audit of the bank's cash resulted in the announcement early today that the bandits obtained 146,630, the largest bank loot obtained in the middle west in years. The money taken, it was announced, consisted of $14,000 in rold $29,000 In currency and more than $3,000 in silver. The money ob tained weighed more than 200 pounds. Officers directing the hunt for the bandits believe they are hiding in Chicago. Fifteen nif n believed to be' mem-Several men are said to have con- fesccd. l. l'V. U I v T